Antique Olive is a humanist sans-serif typeface. Along the lines of Gill Sans, it was designed in the early 1960s by French typographer Roger Excoffon, an art director and former consultant to the Marseille based Fonderie Olive. In addition to a basic weight, Antique Olive was produced in medium, condensed, wide, bold, condensed bold, extra bold, and ultra bold. The counters and bowls, especially the letter O, resemble an olive, which is one of the characteristics which make Excoffon's typefaces unique.